While looking at my catalog, I noticed something about the chocolate hearts and heart-shaped bouquets I got in the mail for Valentine’s Day yesterday: They’re all different! Well, mostly. Take a look:
Today is Festivale, so I bought myself a Festivale costume to go with the Festivale accessory I already had. I also bought some drinking straw glasses as an additional accessory. đ
The first feather I spotted was a red one, and I caught it on my way over to the plaza. Pavé the peacock was there dancing, as were several of my villagers. It was quite a festive atmosphere!
When I spoke with Pavé, he told me to bring him three feathers of the same color. He also gave me a DIY recipe for a rainbow feather, which you can make from one of each of the other four colored feathers. But before I even caught any more regular feathers, I spotted and caught a rainbow feather!
When you have a rainbow feather, you can immediately exchange it for a piece of Festivale furniture (no need to collect three of them…yet). So I gave it to PavĂ©, and in return, he gave me a Festivale balloon lamp. That’s one of the items you can already buy at the shop, so I was a bit disappointed. But when I put it down, I saw that it’s a different color variation from the one I already have.
Each time I spoke with my villagers, they offered to trade one color of feather for another.
There does not seem to be any mini-games like there were in City Folk and New Leaf. So this version of Festivale seems simplified, but it does help the process go by quicker.
Another difference is that Pavé will accept three feathers of any color: That is a very welcome change! It was always so annoying in previous games when you needed one particular color and kept getting a different one.
I continued collecting feathers and trading them in for Festivale furniture. Each time, Pavé would do a little dance.
Of course, I made sure to say goodbye to my buddy Keaton. It was sad seeing him ready to go. I’ll miss the guy.
The search for feathers was starting to feel a bit pointless, since I wasn’t exactly thrilled with Festivale furniture (even if they are different colors). But then PavĂ© changed things up: He asked me to bring him three rainbow feathers for an “ultimate” Festivale reward.
It took a few minutes, but I tracked them down and took them to PavĂ©. He did a “Super Rainbow” dance…
His enthusiasm erupted into an explosion of light, feathers, and confetti.
He gave me the ultimate prize, a Festivale float. Good, I was getting thirsty anyway. đ Nah, it’s like a parade float that happens to be a giant, colorful, mechanical peacock. Not only does it light up, but the head turns back and forth and the feathers move as well. It’s a surprisingly cool item!
I decided to keep hunting feathers and trading in for more items. I didn’t get every color variation of every item, but that’s okay. There’s always next year. But I did play long enough to earn three Festivale floats.
I hope you all had a fun, festive Festivale!
Update: Here is my Festivale video: